(This can be done via the GUI in v6.0 and later. Refer to Specifying Default Paths.) In EFT Server 4.0.8 and later, you can create a registry key to override the location of the FTP.CFG file. When this key is present, the FTP.CFG is loaded from the specified path instead of the default, which is the folder hosting the executable. This feature was added to help with multiple nodes using the same configuration, such as active/passive configurations.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GlobalSCAPE Inc.\EFT Server 4.0\Config]
"Path=<path_to_config_file>"
For example, If you want EFT Server to use the CFG file at G:\Configs\EFT\FTP.cfg, you would create the following registry value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GlobalSCAPE Inc.\EFT Server 4.0\Config\Path="G:\Configs\EFT\"
Include the trailing backslash. UNC paths can be used as well. The EFT Server service must be run under an account that has access (NTFS) to the specified resource. (For instance, if it is logging in as LocalSystem and the CFG file is not saved to the shared drive.)